Homicide Services – 2023 – 2027

This notice launches the competition for the provision of Homicide Services 2023 – 2027.

Homicide Services primary goals are to:

Support individuals affected by the Homicide of a loved one, or those who have been an Eyewitness to
Homicide, by providing Emotional, Practical, Advocacy, and Peer Support as well as access to other
services, tailored according to the individual's needs to help them cope, and as far as possible, recover
from the impact;

support individuals residing in England and Wales following a Homicide whether committed at home or
abroad (in overseas cases, the Service will provide support where the deceased is a British National). This
does not include those bereaved by road traffic crime (other than vehicular murder or manslaughter);

receive notifications of Homicide cases from all police forces in England and Wales, the FCDO (in cases
involving British Nationals in foreign jurisdictions), self-referrals and from third parties such as other
support services and local MPs;

help deliver the Authority's obligations under the Victims' Code;

help achieve the Authority's strategic objective of swift access to justice by improving support for victims;
and

help the Authority's work to align with the Prime Minister's objective, through the Crime & Justice Task Force, to significantly increase the proportion of victims who receive support when they want it.